Slip cover for water-closet seats



May 14, 1940. 'H. c. LESLIE SLIP COVER FOR WATER-CLOSET SEATS Filed May 23, 1938 SANITARY Patented May 14, 1940 sire SLIP COVER FOR WATER-CLOSET SEATS Application May 23, 1938, Serial N0. 209,406

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a slip cover for water-closet seats.

Hotels and like establishments catering to the public are desirous of not only assuring their guests that proper sanitary measures have been taken for their protection, but also of exhibiting, whenever possible, some tangible evidence of such sanitary practices. As far as I am aware, no one has hereto-fore suggested a practical manner of providing a sanitary seal for a watercloset seat, and it is the principal object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive slip cover which may be readily applied to and removed from a water-closet seat and which provides a combination sanitary cover and a seal which is destroyed when the slip is removed.

Further objects relate to various features of construction and will be apparent from a consideration of the following description and the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. 1 is a top plan view of one form of slip cover;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the slip cover applied about a water-closet seat;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section through the assemblage shown in Fig. 2;

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are views corresponding, respectively, to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, but illustrating a modified form of slip cover;

Figs. '7 and 8 are top plan and transverse sectional views, respectively, illustrating another modified form of slip cover; and

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary top plan view of a slip cover having a container for holding fumigant and/or deodorant.

In accordance with the present invention I provide a. slip cover which may be of any suitable sheet material such as paper (plain or crepe), Cellophane, or the like, preferably shaped to fit about or envelop a water-closet seat or the seat and cover, one end of the slip being closed and the other end being formed with a plurality of flaps which may be folded into overlapping relation and sealed. To this end, one or more of the flaps may either be provided with a gummed surface, or may carry a sealing tab adapted to be clipped, tied or adhesively secured to the body portion of the slip when folded in superposed relation thereto and, if desired, a rip cord may be provided so that the seal may readily be broken and the slip quickly removed.

A slip made in accordance with the present invention may be quickly applied about the seat and the flaps folded in and sealed, thus preventing the use of the seat without first breaking the seal and removing the slip. Before applying the slip, the seat is first sanitized in any suitable manner and then a slip may be applied and scaled up for the benefit of an incoming guest, who, noting the presence of the slip, will be aware that proper sanitary measures have been taken in his behalf.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3, the embodiment shown therein comprises a covering or envelope l shaped to fit about the seat S, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the open end of the envelope I being cut or shaped to provide central flaps 2 and 3 and laterally extending flaps l, 5, 6 and l on each side of the central flaps. The lateral flaps 5 and 1 are shaped and arranged so that they may be folded about the rear part of the seat S inwardly toward each other, and the central flap 3 is so shaped and arranged that it may be folded about the supporting hinge 8 of the seat structure inwardly into overlapping r'elation tothe ends of flaps 5 and 1. The outer margin of the central flap 3 is provided with a layer of gumming or other suitable adhesive Ill which overlies the ends of the lateral flaps and the underlying parts of the envelope, as shown in Fig. 2, thus providing a seal which is effective to hold the inturned flaps adjacent to the body of the envelope.

In applying the slip it is merely necessary to dispose the envelope 5 about the seat S, or both the seat and cover, so that its closed end is substantially contiguous to the end of the seat, whereupon the lateral flaps may first be folded inwardly and the central flaps may then be folded into overlapping relation to the lateral flaps. When thus positioned, the gumming 80 may be moistened or otherwise activated and pressed into adhesive engagement with the underlying flaps and body portion of the envelope I. To remove the slip, the seal defined by the central flap 3 and/or the lateral fiaps may be torn away and the entire covering or envelope pulled 01f.

The embodiment shown in Figs. 4 to 6 is similar to that shown in Figs. 1 to 3 and similar reference characters are applied to corresponding parts. In this embodiment the lower or closed end of the envelope l tapers somewhat as compared to the rounded end of the previously described embodiment and the upper or open end of. the envelope is formed with spaced slots or cuts II and I2 which define the central and lateral flaps 2 to l and slots or cutouts to accommodate the posts which pivotally support the seat. If desired, score lines [4 and I5 may be provided to define lines of fold for the lateral flaps, the score lines preferably being arranged so that the flaps may be folded in alignment with each other, thus producing a somewhat neater appearance. The central flap 3 may be provided with a sealing tab l6 adapted to overlie the inner end of the lateral flaps and the body portion of the envelope I, as shown in Fig. 3, and, if desired, a small rip cord IT may be provided so as to facilitate breaking the seal and removing the envelope from about the seat.

This embodiment may be applied in the same manner as the previously described embodiment but, as here illustrated, the outer flaps 2 i and 6 are shown folded inwardly against the under surface of the seat (Fig. 6), whereas the lower flaps 3 5 and T are folded against the upper surface of the envelope, it being understood, however, that the particular manner in which the flaps are folded is optional so long as the proper sealing is attained.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the lower part of the envelope l is squared off and its lower end 20 and sides 2! and 22 are pleated so as to increase the effective depth of the envelope, thus permitting its use as a covering for both the seat S and cover C, as illustrated in Fig. 8. The upper or open end of the envelope l is similar to that of the embodiment shown in Figs. 4 to 6, being provided with perforations or cuts 2'5 and 26 which define the end flaps 2 to 7, and lines of fold 27 and 28. The central flap 3* is provided with a sealing tab it having a rip cord 11, and the envelope may be applied in the same manner as either of the previously describedembodiments, it being understood that if desired the lower corners may be folded inwardly along the lines 30 and 3!.

As above pointed out, slips made in accordance with the present invention are particularly suitable for protecting sanitized seats and, if desired, a small receptacle such as a perforated container 35 (Fig. 9) adapted to hold a suitable fumigant and/or deodorant may be secured to the inner surface of the envelope in any desired manner.

It will be noted that in a slip made in accordance with the present invention the flaps are so arranged that when in folded relation the major portion of the body of the slip is exposed and hence is available for advertising matter or other appropriate printed matter, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Since the seating flap or tab of a slip is ex posed when assembled about a seat, it also may be available for any appropriate printed matter as, for example, This unbroken seal is our guarantee that this seat has been carefully cleaned and sanitized for your particular usethus forcibly bringing to the mind of the guest a service which might otherwise pass unnoticed.

While I have shown and described different desirable embodiments of the invention, it is to be understood that this disclosure is for the purpose of illustration and that various changes in shape, proportion and arrangement of parts, as well as the substitution of equivalent elements for those herein shown and described, may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

I claim:

A slip cover for a hinged water-closet seat or the like, comprising sheet material shaped to provide an envelope adapted to surround said seat, one end of said envelope being open and formed with a central flap and a lateral flap on each side of the central flap, the lateral flaps being folded inwardly about the rear of the seat toward each other and the central flap being foldable about the supporting hinge for the seat inwardly into overlapping relation relative to the ends of the inwardly folded lateral flaps, and sealing means carried by said central flap and effective to hold the folded flaps against the ad- 0 jacent surface of the body of said envelope.

HOXVARD C. LESLIE. 

